Seven of us climbed up that drillship to stop Arctic drilling, but 133,000 of us came down.

As we sat anxiously in the office last Friday waiting for the 'we made it' call we never dreamed that four days later we would have witnessed such a massive media storm, such overwhelming global support and such tenacity from our friends who hung on so long.

This has been a fitting first chapter for what will undoubtedly be an epic battle. The battle to save one of the most beautiful, unique and iconic places on earth from the seemingly insatiable greed of the oil industry. A battle to save the world from climate change - the greatest threat we face today.

Throughout this time Shell has tried to say they want to talk, to explain how they can drill safely in the frozen Arctic, and that there's nothing to worry about. But both common sense and scientific consensus tells us there is no way to safely drill up therein the frozen North. A spill in the icey Arctic seas would be impossible to clean up. And it is no time to talk when aging rust-buket drillships like the Noble Discoverer are heading for the Arctic right now. Now is the time for action.

I just greeted the team as they walked out of the police station where odly enough they were charged with burglary. A legal slight of hand by the police. Of course we didn't actually steal anything, we never do.

Though maybe we did... When I think about the actions of these seven and the 133,000 people globally who joined them, we have gone a long way towards stealing back the future of the Arctic from the desperate clutches of Shell and the oil giants.

This is just the start of the story. The fight for the Arctic has only just begun.

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(Unregistered) Wind of Change
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I am happy that my support - financially and in person is making with Greenpeace New Zealand such a big impact! Happy to call Viv and Shai my good fri...

I am happy that my support - financially and in person is making with Greenpeace New Zealand such a big impact! Happy to call Viv and Shai my good friends! Keep going - even if some people write bullshit and have no idea in which crisis our planet is already! Thanks to you all we still can have hope that we will come soon to the point of CHANGE in our Energy supply. The wind for it is blowing!

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(Unregistered) Garnet
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It is so inspiring and magical to see people with such courage to stand up for the rest of us and for our world!!

It is absolutely disgus...

It is so inspiring and magical to see people with such courage to stand up for the rest of us and for our world!!

It is absolutely disgusting to see people bashing Greenpeace for all the good they do for our planet.

It is human people who are causing all this destruction to our planet and endangering other species who are innocent in all of this, companies such as Shell are putting them and all organisms in serious danger in an attempt for their cruel money making schemes.

It is disgraceful and it gives me so much hope when I see such strong individuals fighting for us and our world!